Garment-hanger support.



PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

G. H. WHEARY. GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT,

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3, 1906.

TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. WHEAR-Y, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARTMANN TRUNKCOMPANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

GARMENT-HANGER SUPPORT.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed August 3, 1906. Serial No- 328,980.

T0 to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WHEARY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hanger Supports; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, economical, andcheap support for garment-hangers to be used in connection withclothes-closets or the like, it being especially applicable to trunks ofthe wardrobe type, said invention consisting in certain peculiarities ofconstruction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully set forthwith reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an inverted plan view of a supportfor garmenthangers embodying the features of my invention, the saidsupport being shown attached to the upper wall of a section of trunk.Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the garment-hanger support, the trunk towhich it is attached being in section; Fig. 3, a front view of same withparts of the support cut away and in section to better illustrate thedetails, and Fig. 4 perspective view of said hanger detached.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates a trunk, and B thehinged top, which is shown in the drawings as open, the trunk being seton end to serve as a wardrobe. A runway C is located in the trunkadjacent to an end wall a thereof, said runway consisting of a round rodhaving a fixed portion D ex tending centrally from the trunk bottom orrear wall, to which it is secured by a foot I). This fixed portionextends to a point slightly below the depth of said trunk, where it isconnected by a rule-joint E to a rod extension F and is also supportedadjacent said joint by a looped bracket G, which bracket has a foot 0,that is secured to the upper end wall a, as shown. The rod extension Fat its free end is bent and connected to a strap-support H, that ispivoted to the trunk-wall a by a stud d in axial alinement with therule-joint, the said strap forming a loop, which terminates in a tailportion rearward of its pivot.

The shape of the bracket G permits the hooked ends of garment-hangers I,which are supported upon the runway, to freely pass said bracket as thehangers are slid back and forth, so that access may be had to anyparticular garment.

By the foregoing description it will be seen that when the trunk orother receptacle is closed the pivoted extension can be swung in so asto come flush with said trunk-body or receptacle, the garments upontheir hangers all being upon the fixed portion of the runway, and whenit is desirable to withdraw a certain garment it is only necessary toswing the extension outward to the position as indicated in dotted linesin Fig. 1. This alines the runway-sections, and this forms a straighttrack upon which the hangers may be drawn out of the trunk-body, theweight thereto being partly supported by the tail portion of the strapto prevent sagging of the latter.

The essential feature of this invention is in the arrangement wherebythe runway is formed with a hinge extension, it being understood thatthe details of attachment and supports may be varied to suit thecondition of the receptacle to which said device is attached.

I claim 1 An attachment for receptacles or trunks, consisting of agarment-hanger support having a fixed rod-section secured to thereceptacle or trunk, a swinging rod-section in pivotal connection withthe first-named section, and a strap secured to the free. end of theswinging rod-section, said strap being pivoted to said receptacle ortrunk in axial alinement with the pivoted connection between the fixedand swing rod-sections aforesaid.

2. An attachment for trunks, consisting of a runway composed of a fixedsection secured to the trunk, a looped forward section in pivotalconnection with the fixed section, the free end of said looped sectionbeing pivoted to said trunk in axial alinement with its pivotalconnection to the fixed section aforesaid.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of WVisconsin, in the presenceof two witnesses.

' GEO. H. WHEARY.

WVitnesses:

. MAx BLooH,

CLINT D. FRAZELL.

